Kymenlaakso

Kymenlaakso is a region in . It borders the regions of , , and and . Its name means literally The Valley of River .
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is the southeasternmost major city in Finland, an important port at the mouth of the Kymi river. It is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The port town heritage and associated folklore is central for its identity.

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is a city in and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of is approximately 78,000.

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is a town and a municipality of . It is located in the Kymenlaakso region, approximately 145 km east of the country's capital and approximately 25 km of , the regional capital of Kymenlaakso.

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is a municipality of . It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,664, which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population.

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is the southeasternmost municipality of on the border of . It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 2,751 and covers an area of 558.92 square kilometres, of which 186.97 km2 is water.

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is a municipality in Kymenlaakso, at the western forks of the Kymi river.

Kymenlaakso

Latitude of center
60.8333° or 60° 50′ north
Longitude of center
26.9167° or 26° 55′ east
Population
174,000
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FI KMS
Geo­Names ID
830703
Wiki­data ID
Q5698
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kymenlaakso” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Amharic: “ኪመንላክሶ”
  • Arabic: “كومنلاكسو”
  • Armenian: “Կյումենլաակսո”
  • Asturian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kyumenlaakso”
  • Balinese: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Basque: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Belarusian: “Кюменлаакса”
  • Belarusian: “Кюмэнлаакса”
  • Bengali: “ক্যমেনলাক্সো”
  • Bosnian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Bulgarian: “Кйменлаксо”
  • Catalan: “Vall de Kymi”
  • Cebuano: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Chinese: “屈米河谷区”
  • Czech: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Danish: “Kymmenedalen”
  • Dutch: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Esperanto: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Estonian: “Kymenlaakso maakond”
  • Estonian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Finnish: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Finnish: “Kymenlaakson maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Kymenlaakson Maakunta”
  • French: “Vallée de la Kymi”
  • Galician: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Georgian: “კიმენლააკსო”
  • German: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Greek: “Κιμενλαάκσο”
  • Gujarati: “કીમેનલાક્સો”
  • Hausa: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Hebrew: “קימנלאקסו”
  • Hindi: “क्यमेंलाक्सो”
  • Icelandic: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Inari Sami: “Kymileevi eennâmkodde‎”
  • Inari Sami: “Kymileevi eennâmkodde”
  • Indonesian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Irish: “Gleann Kymi”
  • Italian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Japanese: “キュメンラークソ県”
  • Javanese: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯುಮೆನ್ಲಾಕೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Kirghiz: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Кюменлаксо”
  • Korean: “퀴멘락소 지역”
  • Kotava: “SuomiaKymenlaaksoGola”
  • Latvian: “Kimenlākso”
  • Latvian: “Kjumenlākso”
  • Lithuanian: “Kiumenlaksas”
  • Lombard: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Malay: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Manx: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Marathi: “कॅमेंलॅस्को”
  • Mazanderani: “کیمن‌لاکسو ناحیه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kymenlaakso Tōa-khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Northern Sami: “Kymileagi eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kymmenedalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kymmenedalen”
  • Norwegian: “Kymmenedalen”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cymenedele”
  • Oromo: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Ossetian: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੀਮੇਨਲਾਕਸੋ”
  • Persian: “کومن‌لاکسو”
  • Persian: “کیمنلاکسو”
  • Polish: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Portuguese: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Pushto: “کیمنلاکسو”
  • Romanian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Russian: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Scots: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Serbian: “Kimenska Dolina”
  • Serbian: “Кименска долина”
  • Serbian: “Кименска Долина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Sinhala: “කයිමෙන්ලාක්සෝ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kymilieʹjj mäddkåʹdd”
  • Slovak: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Slovenian: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Somali: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Spanish: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Spanish: “Región de Kymenlaakso”
  • Swahili: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Swedish: “Kymmenedalen”
  • Swedish: “Landskapet Kymmenedalen”
  • Tajik: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Tamil: “க்கியமெனளாக்ஸோ”
  • Tatar: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Telugu: “కైమెన్లాస్కో”
  • Thai: “ไคเมนลาค์โซ”
  • Turkish: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Ukrainian: “Кюменлааксо”
  • Urdu: “کومنلاکسو”
  • Uzbek: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Vietnamese: “Kymenlaakso”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیمینلاکسو”
  • Wu Chinese: “屈米河谷区”
  • Yue Chinese: “屈米”

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